I am building a 14.8 cf with 10 inch collar and painting it from white to black. how do I get a good looking gasket? I would love to be able to keep the gasket that came with the freezer. I like how thick it is but don't want to see the white. I hear you can not paint it. I researched to buy a black gasket specifically for freezers and they are $100 so that's out. Weather stripping is so thin in comparison and I'm not finding black, only grey. Any ideas?

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Revvy>>You shouldn't worry about ANYTHING, you didn't hurt the yeast, they know what they need to do, they want to eat all that sugar they are swimming around in. They want to pee alcohol and fart co2, it's their nature.

Bobby_M>>I flood the keg with CO2 for one minute with the lid off, rack the beer in to the bottom gently, seal it, flood it, vent it. If there's still O2 in there after that, F it.

The trim is either attached to the collar and overhangs the body of the freezer when you shut it or it is attached to the freezer and the collar sits inside of it when it is closed.

I attached my trim to the collar and lid (two sets of hinges).

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Look close (pictures weren't taken to illustrate this. . . ) and you can see that the larger 1x6 is just a facade (even though it does hold the taps) - the collar itself is 2x4's. It's a 2x4 plus 1/4" plywood strip (as a spacer) plus the 1x6 facade. It overlaps the lid by about 1" and the lid sits inside the facade, but on top of the collar.